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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Coreyartus" data-source="post: 1691768" data-attributes="member: 5399">Ah, yes.  This happens a lot.  And it's nice of you to remind us that it's not just RPGA, but role-playing games in general.  RPGA was my return into the hobby after a 18 year absence.  I learned 3.0 at my local LG gamedays.  That was rough.  I was a burden to many of my fellow players for quite a while.  LG is somewhat combat heavy, and I didn't know what I was doing...But what was my alternative--sitting at home and not playing until a group came to me?  I think not.  I had to go to several game days and "prove my sincerity" to the regulars in my local area by playing with folks that drove me up the wall.  I'm 35.  I have no patience for teenage munchkins who expect D&D to be like their video games.  I muddled through, slowly learned the rules of the game, saw a lot of players come and go, and eventually got to play at tables with more experienced, mature, and social players that made even the bad modules seem fun.  I learned how to be a people-friendly player and judge.  That's the biggest thing I've learned--you have to get along with others and play nice.  If you play RPGA events to help everyone at the table have fun, you'll have fun.  I've liked my RPGA experiences, and my perseverence has paid off with good friends and great times...partly because I've been able to get to know people over time and focus my energies on playing regularly with those people who I admire as good players and judges.  It took time.  One experience can not represent all RPGA experiences, regions, tables, players, judges, modules, etc.  And ultimately if you aren't a very socially perceptive person that can play well with strangers and go with the flow, it's almost guaranteed to suck.Finding that absolutely perfect group of people to play with is a pipe dream that many of us role-playing gamers will never achieve.  I  learned to lower my standards in the short term and still be happy, and in the end I've been able to raise my expectations after all.My advice to new RPGA'ers--give yourself some time and patience to experience the ups and downs of the system.  Ultimately, you can't let the RPGA devolve into being about the game--it's actually a structure to have fun in.  And frankly that demands a sense of maturity and perception that some people in the RPGing world haven't developed yet, for whatever reason.  In the end, if you don't like the structure or the rules of the particular campaign (there are 5 Living Campaigns and 2 short term "D&D" Campaigns currently), or you aren't a people-person, or you can't embrace the method they use to provide play experiences, then RPGA probably won't be your cup of tea.Coreyartus</blockquote>

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